2005 Texas Rangers season

2005 Texas Rangers
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1961)
Western Division (since 1972)
Location
Ameriquest Field in Arlington (since 1994)
Arlington, Texas (since 1972)
Other information
Owner(s)	Tom Hicks
General manager(s)	John Hart
Manager(s)	Buck Showalter
Local television	KDFI KDFW FSN Southwest (Tom Grieve, Josh Lewin)
Local radio	KRLD (Eric Nadel) KFLC (Eleno Ornelas, José Guzmán)
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The Texas Rangers finished the 2005 season in 3rd place in the West division of the American League. The Rangers had four players in the 2005 All-Star Game. Michael Young, Kenny Rogers, Alfonso Soriano, and Mark Teixeira. Young was also the A.L. batting champion in 2005.

Offseason

• November 16, 2004: Jason Standridge was signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.^[1]
• March 30, 2005: Cody Ransom was purchased by the Texas Rangers from the Chicago Cubs.^[2]

Regular season

Opening Day Starters

• Rod Barajas, C
• Mark Teixeira, 1B
• Alfonso Soriano, 2B
• Hank Blalock, 3B
• Michael Young, SS
• Kevin Mench, LF
• Gary Matthews, Jr., CF
• Richard Hidalgo, RF
• David Dellucci, DH
• Ryan Drese, RHP

Season standings

AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	95	67	0.586	—	49–32	46–35
Oakland Athletics	88	74	0.543	7	45–36	43–38
Texas Rangers	79	83	0.488	16	44–37	35–46
Seattle Mariners	69	93	0.426	26	39–42	30–51

Record vs. opponents

2005 American League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	—	8–10	2–6	1–6	3–5	4–2	2–4	3–3	7–11	4–6	7–3	12–6	4–6	9–10	8–10
Boston	10–8	—	4–3	4–2	6–4	4–2	6–4	4–2	9–10	6–4	3–3	13–6	7–2	7–11	12–6
Chicago	6–2	3–4	—	14–5	14–5	13–5	4–6	11–7	3–3	2–7	6–3	4–2	3–6	4–2	12–6
Cleveland	6–1	2–4	5–14	—	12–6	13–6	3–5	10–9	3–4	6–3	7–3	4–6	3–3	4–2	15–3
Detroit	5–3	4–6	5–14	6–12	—	10–9	4–6	8–11	1–5	1–5	5–4	5–2	4–2	4–3	9–9
Kansas City	2–4	2–4	5–13	6–13	9–10	—	2–7	6–13	3–3	2–4	2–7	3–5	2–8	3–6	9–9
Los Angeles of Anaheim	4–2	4–6	6–4	5–3	6–4	7–2	—	6–4	6–4	10–9	9–9	4–5	15–4	1–5	12–6
Minnesota	3–3	2–4	7–11	9–10	11–8	13–6	4–6	—	3–3	4–6	6–4	6–0	3–6	4–2	8–10
New York	11–7	10–9	3–3	4–3	5–1	3–3	4–6	3–3	—	7–2	7–3	8–11	7–3	12–6	11–7
Oakland	6–4	4–6	7–2	3–6	5–1	4–2	9–10	6–4	2–7	—	12–6	4–5	11–8	5–5	10–8
Seattle	3–7	3–3	3–6	3–7	4–5	7–2	9–9	4–6	3–7	6–12	—	4–2	6–13	4–6	10–8
Tampa Bay	6–12	6–13	2–4	6–4	2–5	5–3	5–4	0–6	11–8	5–4	2–4	—	6–2	8–11	3–15
Texas	6–4	2–7	6–3	3–3	2–4	8–2	4–15	6–3	3–7	8–11	13–6	2–6	—	7–3	9–9
Toronto	10–9	11–7	2–4	2–4	3–4	6–3	5–1	2–4	6–12	5–5	6–4	11–8	3–7	—	8–10

Transactions

• May 25, 2005: Cody Ransom was released by the Texas Rangers.^[2]
• June 30, 2005: Jason Standridge was released by the Texas Rangers.^[1]

Roster

2005 Texas Rangers
Roster
Pitchers 40,98 Carlos Almanzar 39 Pedro Astacio 39 James Baldwin 53 Joaquín Benoit 46 Doug Brocail 35 Ryan Bukvich 31 Francisco Cordero 45 R. A. Dickey 41 Juan Dominguez 38 Ryan Drese 39 Scott Feldman 48 Kevin Gryboski 21 Steve Karsay 57 Travis Hughes 43 Kameron Loe 32 Ron Mahay 61 Chan Ho Park 54 Erasmo Ramirez 57 Nick Regilio 48 Matt Riley 30 Ricardo Rodríguez 37 Kenny Rogers 59 Josh Rupe 58 Brian Shouse 44 Jason Standridge 38 Justin Thompson 40 Edinson Vólquez 47 John Wasdin 36 C. J. Wilson 49 Chris Young		Catchers 15 Sandy Alomar, Jr. 27 Rod Barajas  6 Gerald Laird Infielders  9 Hank Blalock  4 Esteban Germán 24 Adrian Gonzalez 20 Marshall McDougall 25 Phil Nevin 12 Alfonso Soriano 23 Mark Teixeira 10 Michael Young		Outfielders 13 Chad Allen 44 Jason Botts 22 David Dellucci  7 Mark DeRosa 51 Richard Hidalgo 14 Gary Matthews, Jr. 28 Kevin Mench 17 Laynce Nix  2 Andrés Torres		Manager 11 Buck Showalter Coaches 52 Mark Connor (bullpen) 16 DeMarlo Hale (first base) 55 Orel Hershiser (pitching)  8 Rudy Jaramillo (hitting)  1 Steve Smith (third base) 18 Don Wakamatsu (bench)

Lone Star series

The annual interleague games between the Houston Astros and the Texas Rangers were played in June and July. They are known as the Lone Star Series.

Date	Winning Team	Score	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Attendance	Location
May 20	Texas	7–3	Kenny Rogers	Brandon Backe	38,109	Arlington
May 21	Texas	18–3	Chris Young	Ezequiel Astacio	35,781	Arlington
May 22	Texas	2–0	Chan Ho Park	Roy Oswalt	40,583	Arlington
June 24	Houston	5–2	Roy Oswalt	Ricardo Rodríguez	36,199	Houston
June 25	Texas	6–5	Chris Young	Brandon Backe	41,868	Houston
June 26	Houston	3–2	Chad Qualls	Juan Domínguez	35,331	Houston

Game log

2005 Game Log
April # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 5 @ Angels 3–2 Colón Drese (0–1) Rodríguez 43,590 0–1 2 April 6 @ Angels 3–2 Shouse (1–0) Prinz 35,077 1–1 3 April 7 @ Angels 7–6 Shields Shouse (1–1) 35,169 1–2 4 April 8 @ Mariners 9–6 Putz Regilio (0–1) Guardado 29,652 2–2 5 April 9 @ Mariners 7–6 Brocail (1–0) Guardado Cordero (1) 31,501 2–3 6 April 10 @ Mariners 7–6 Riley (1–0) Thornton Cordero (2) 30,434 3–3 7 April 11 Angels 7–6 Shields Dickey (0–1) Rodríguez 50,054 3–4 8 April 12 Angels 13–8 Lackey Young (0–1) Shields 23,061 3–5 9 April 13 Angels 7–5 Park (1–0) Byrd Cordero (3) 21,625 4–5 10 April 14 Blue Jays 2–1 Halladay Astacio (0–1) 19,366 4–6 11 April 15 Blue Jays 4–2 Drese (1–1) Lilly Cordero (4) 30,453 5–6 12 April 16 Blue Jays 8–0 Chacín Rogers (0–1) 40,499 5–7 13 April 17 Blue Jays 6–5 Young (1–1) Towers Cordero (5) 31,310 6–7 14 April 18 Athletics 8–5 Haren Park (1–1) Dotel 20,939 6–8 15 April 19 Athletics 3–0 Astacio (1–1) Blanton Cordero (6) 22,146 7–8 16 April 20 @ Devil Rays 12–10 Drese (2–1) Webb Cordero (7) 8,816 8–8 17 April 21 @ Devil Rays 3–2 Brazelton Rogers (0–2) Báez 8,799 8–9 18 April 22 @ Yankees 5–3 Young (2–1) Brown Cordero (8) 42,710 9–9 19 April 23 @ Yankees 10–2 Park (2–1) Wright 44,731 10–9 20 April 24 @ Yankees 11–1 Johnson Astacio (1–2) 42,732 10–10 21 April 26 Mariners 7–4 Piñeiro Drese (2–2) Guardado 23,064 10–11 22 April 27 Mariners 8–2 Rogers (1–2) Franklin 26,308 11–11 23 April 28 Mariners 4–1 Meche Young (2–2) Guardado 23,928 11–12 24 April 29 Red Sox 7–2 Park (3–1) Wakefield Mahay (1) 43,933 12–12 25 April 30 Red Sox 9–2 Arroyo Astacio (1–3) 44,114 12–13
May # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 26 May 1 Red Sox 6–5 Clement Drese (2–3) Foulke 49,342 12–14 27 May 2 @Athletics 3–2 Shouse (2–1) Harden Cordero (9) 10,144 13–14 28 May 3 @Athletics 6–1 Young (3–2) Saarloos 10,427 14–14 29 May 4 @Athletics 16–7 Rogers (2–2) Haren 15,654 15–14 30 May 6 Indians 8–6 Lee Astacio (1–4) Wickman 30,742 15–15 31 May 7 Indians 6–1 Drese (3–3) Elarton 36,311 16–15 32 May 8 Indians 7–2 Rogers (3–2) Westbrook Cordero (10) 23,203 17–15 33 May 9 Tigers 2–0 Robertson Cordero (0–1) 24,122 17–16 34 May 10 Tigers 5–4 Brocail (2–0) Johnson Cordero (11) 24,766 18–16 35 May 11 Tigers 6–5 Walker Mahay (0–1) Urbina 28,689 18–17 36 May 13 @Twins 9–6 Brocail (3–0) Nathan Cordero (12) 24,524 19–17 37 May 14 @Twins 5–0 Rogers (4–2) Silva 28,624 20–17 38 May 15 @Twins 5–2 Radke Mahay (0–2) Nathan 27,891 20–18 39 May 16 @White Sox 7–6 Regilio (1–1) Marte Cordero (13) 26,889 21–18 40 May 17 @White Sox 5–2 Garland Astacio (1–5) Hermanson 18,333 21–19 41 May 18 @White Sox 7–0 Buehrle Drese (3–4) 16,255 21–20 42 May 20 Astros 7–3 Rogers (5–2) Backe 38,109 22–20 43 May 21 Astros 18–3 Young (4–2) Astacio 35,781 23–20 44 May 22 Astros 2–0 Park (4–1) Oswalt Cordero (14) 40,583 24–20 45 May 24 Royals 4–3 Drese (4–4) Hernández Cordero (15) 27,449 25–20 46 May 25 Royals 7–3 Astacio (2–5) Greinke 23,755 26–20 47 May 26 Royals 8–1 Rogers (6–2) Lima 25,022 27–20 48 May 27 White Sox 6–2 Young (5–2) McCarthy Cordero (16) 31,149 28–20 -- May 28 Postponed 29–20 49 May 29 White Sox 12–4 Park (5–1) Garland 36,265 29–20 50 May 31 @Tigers 8–2 Rogers (7–2) Maroth 16,931 30–20
June # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 51 June 1 @Tigers 6–4 Bonderman Drese (4–5) Urbina 15,428 30–21 52 June 2 @Tigers 6–5 Urbina Regilio (1–2) 21,166 30–22 53 June 3 @Royals 2–1 Sisco Astacio (2–6) MacDougal 11,635 30–23 54 June 4 @Royals 14–9 Park (6–1) Lima 18,808 31–23 55 June 5 @Royals 8–1 Rogers (8–2) Greinke 21,424 32–23 56 June 7 @Phillies 8–5 Lieber Drese (4–6) Wagner 33,616 32–24 57 June 8 @Phillies 2–0 Fultz Young (5–3) Wagner 24,339 32–25 58 June 9 @Phillies 10–8 Padilla Astacio (2–7) Wagner 25,205 32–26 59 June 10 @Marlins 12–5 Jones Brocail (3–1) 16,622 32–27 60 June 11 @Marlins 6–5 Riedling Domínguez (0–1) Jones 25,557 32–28 61 June 12 @Marlins 6–2 Rodríguez (1–0) Moehler Wasdin (1) 21,303 33–28 62 June 13 Braves 7–3 Young (6–3) Hudson 41,594 34–28 63 June 14 Braves 7–2 Sosa Astacio (2–8) 30,221 34–29 64 June 15 Braves 9–5 Park (7–1) Davies Cordero (17) 33,663 35–29 65 June 17 Nationals 8–1 Rogers (9–2) Patterson 33,653 36–29 66 June 18 Nationals 7–4 Rodríguez (2–0) Armas 48,663 37–29 67 June 19 Nationals 8–2 Hughes Wilson (0–1) 34,474 37–30 68 June 20 @Angels 5–1 Byrd Young (6–4) 41,007 37–31 69 June 21 @Angels 8–6 Colón Park (7–2) 43,025 37–32 70 June 22 @Angels 6–0 Washburn Rogers (9–3) 41,763 37–33 71 June 24 @Astros 5–2 Oswalt Rodríguez (2–1) Lidge 36,199 37–34 72 June 25 @Astros 6–5 Young (7–4) Backe Cordero (18) 41,868 38–34 73 June 26 @Astros 3–2 Qualls Domínguez (0–2) 35,331 38–35 74 June 27 Angels 13–3 Colón Wilson (0–2) 34,471 38–36 75 June 28 Angels 5–1 Donnelly Loe (0–1) 27,159 38–37 76 June 29 Angels 7–6 Loe (1–1) Shields 30,112 39–37 77 June 30 Angels 18–5 Young (8–4) Santana 27,466 40–37
July # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 78 July 1 @Mariners 6–2 Park (8–2) Sele 37,270 41–37 79 July 2 @Mariners 6–5 Loe (2–1) Putz Cordero (19) 34,209 42–37 80 July 3 @Mariners 2–1 Moyer Rogers (9–4) Guardado 34,397 42–38 81 July 4 Red Sox 6–5 Benoit (1–0) Foulke 50,492 43–38 82 July 5 Red Sox 7–4 Wakefield Young (8–5) Timlin 33,356 43–39 83 July 6 Red Sox 7–4 Clement Park (8–3) Embree 34,962 43–40 84 July 8 Blue Jays 7–6 Cordero (1–1) Batista 30,242 44–40 85 July 9 Blue Jays 12–10 Rogers (10–4) Downs Cordero (20) 36,285 45–40 86 July 10 Blue Jays 9–8 Loe (3–1) Frasor 25,767 46–40 87 July 14 @Athletics 6–0 Harden Park (8–4) 17,987 46–41 88 July 15 @Athletics 7–2 Zito Wasdin (0–1) 22,423 46–42 89 July 16 @Athletics 10–8 Rogers (11–4) Blanton Cordero (21) 22,826 47–42 90 July 17 @Athletics 5–4 Kennedy Loe (3–2) 25,330 47–43 91 July 18 Yankees 11–10 Sturtze Brocail (3–2) Rivera 46,538 47–44 92 July 19 Yankees 2–1 Loe (4–2) Franklin Cordero (22) 45,208 48–44 93 July 20 Yankees 8–4 Small Benoit (1–1) 45,354 48-45 94 July 21 Athletics 6–4 Witasick Loe (4–3) Street 31,643 48–46 95 July 22 Athletics 11–10 Haren Young (8–6) 35,266 48–47 96 July 23 Athletics 5–4 Saarloos Rodríguez (2–2) Street 38,841 48–48 97 July 24 Athletics 8–3 Harden Park (8–5) 29,410 48–49 98 July 25 Orioles 4–2 Benoit (2–1) Cabrera Cordero (23) 29,314 49–49 99 July 26 @Orioles 5–4 Grimsley Baldwin (0–1) Ryan 25,235 49–50 100 July 27 @Orioles 11–8 Cordero (2–1) Julio Baldwin (1) 31,540 50–50 101 July 28 @Orioles 2–1 Loe (5–3) Ray Cordero (24) 22,254 51–50 102 July 29 @Blue Jays 4–1 Brocail (4–2) Downs Cordero (25) 21,113 52–50 103 July 30 @Blue Jays 3–2 Benoit (3–1) Frasor Cordero (26) 23,039 53–50 104 July 31 @Blue Jays 5–1 Chacín Wilson (0–3) 24,123 53–51
August # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 105 August 2 Devil Rays 10–8 McClung Young (8–7) Báez 30,038 53–52 106 August 3 Devil Rays 8–5 Harper Rodríguez (2–3) Báez 30,513 53–53 107 August 4 Devil Rays 13–5 Gryboski (1–0) Orvella 27,176 54–53 108 August 5 Orioles 10–5 Chen Wilson (0–4) 37,296 54–54 109 August 6 Orioles 10–3 Wasdin (1–1) Cabrera Loe (1) 34,632 55–54 110 August 7 Orioles 9–3 Young (9–7) Ponson 27,137 56–54 111 August 8 @Red Sox 11–6 González Karsay (0–1) 35,453 56–55 112 August 9 @Red Sox 8–7 Schilling Gryboski (1–1) 35,308 56–56 113 August 10 @Red Sox 16–5 Arroyo Rogers (11–5) 35,379 56–57 114 August 11 @Yankees 9–8 Sturtze Baldwin (0–2) Rivera 54,283 56–58 115 August 12 @Yankees 6–5 Leiter Wilson (0–5) Sturtze 54,442 56–59 116 August 13 @Yankees 7–5 Small Loe (5–4) 54,919 56–60 117 August 14 @Yankees 10–3 Chacón Benoit (3–2) 54,824 56–61 118 August 16 @Indians 8–2 Sabathia Rogers (11–6) 27,403 56–62 119 August 17 @Indians 3–0 Young (10–7) Millwood Cordero (27) 20,442 57–62 120 August 18 @Indians 9–4 Westbrook Wilson (0–6) 23,214 57–63 121 August 19 @Devil Rays 2–1 McClung Domínguez (0–3) Báez 10,188 57–64 122 August 20 @Devil Rays 4–2 Kazmir Benoit (3–3) Baez 19,041 57–65 123 August 21 @Devil Rays 6–3 Fossum Rogers (11–7) Báez 13,974 57–66 124 August 23 Mariners 6–4 Young (11–7) Moyer Cordero (28) 25,653 58–66 125 August 24 Mariners 8–1 Domínguez (1–3) Franklin Wasdin (2) 28,612 59–66 126 August 25 Mariners 8–2 Harris Benoit (3–4) 19,112 59–67 127 August 26 Twins 6–0 Loe (6–4) Kyle Lohse Wilson (1) 28,877 60–67 128 August 27 Twins 7–2 Nathan Shouse (2–2) 25,351 60–68 129 August 28 Twins 2–1 Brocail (5–2) Crain 20,882 61–68 130 August 29 White Sox 7–5 Domínguez (2–3) Buehrle Brocail (1) 27,819 62–68 131 August 30 White Sox 8–6 Wilson (1–6) Garland Cordero (29) n/a 63–68 132 August 30 White Sox 8–0 McCarthy Vólquez (0–1) 28,183 63–69 133 August 31 White Sox 9–2 Loe (7–4) Hernández 23,493 64–69
September/October # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 134 September 1 @Royals 5–4 Rogers (12–7) Howell Cordero (30) 12,735 65–69 135 September 2 @Royals 8–7 Cordero (3–1) MacDougal Wasdin (3) 14,425 66–69 136 September 3 @Royals 5–3 Domínguez (3–3) Carrasco 18,932 67–69 137 September 4 @Royals 17–8 Núñez Vólquez (0–2) 15,512 67–70 138 September 5 @Twins 7–0 Loe (8–4) Silva 15,627 68–70 139 September 6 @Twins 10–7 Wasdin (2–1) Nathan Cordero (31) 12,564 69–70 140 September 7 @Twins 8–6 Romero Brocail (5–3) Nathan 13,034 69–71 141 September 9 Athletics 9–8 Zito Domínguez (3–4) Street 26,468 69–72 142 September 10 Athletics 5–4 Blanton Loe (8–5) Street 41,058 69–73 143 September 11 Athletics 7–4 Rogers (13–7) Kennedy Wasdin (4) 19,913 70–73 144 September 12 Orioles 4–2 Cabrera Vólquez (0–3) Ryan 20,418 70–74 145 September 13 Orioles 4–3 Ray Wilson (1–7) Ryan 21,167 70–75 146 September 14 Orioles 7–6 Benoit (4–4) Grimsley 18,077 71–75 147 September 15 Mariners 4–3 Loe (9–5) Harris Cordero (32) 23,679 72–75 148 September 16 Mariners 5–3 Rupe (1–0) Hernández Cordero (33) 25,567 73–75 149 September 17 Mariners 7–6 Shouse (3–2) Guardado 41,983 74–75 150 September 18 Mariners 8–6 Dickey (1–1) Franklin Cordero (34) 26,532 75–75 151 September 20 @Angels 2–1 Colón Domínguez (3–5) Rodríguez 36,170 75–76 152 September 21 @Angels 6–5 Yan Feldman (0–1) Rodríguez 37,776 75–77 153 September 22 @Angels 7–4 Santana Vólquez (0–4) Escobar 36,588 75–78 154 September 23 @Athletics 3–1 Rogers (14–7) Haren Cordero (35) 33,402 76–78 155 September 24 @Athletics 7–6 Duchscherer Wasdin (2–2) Street 26,704 76–79 156 September 25 @Athletics 6–2 Domínguez (4–5) Saarloos 27,709 77–79 157 September 27 @Mariners 3–2 Wasdin (3–2) Mateo Cordero (36) 22,739 78–79 158 September 28 @Mariners 7–3 Young (12–7) Piñeiro Cordero (37) 20,723 79–79 159 September 29 @Mariners 4–3 Franklin Rogers (14–8) Guardado 19,481 79–80 160 September 30 Angels 7–1 Lackey Dickey (1–2) 38,187 79–81 161 October 1 Angels 7–6 Shields Domínguez (4–6) Rodríguez 48,174 79–82 162 October 2 Angels 7–4 Santana Loe (9–6) Rodríguez 38,334 79–83
Source: ESPN.com

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

Awards and honors

• Michael Young, A.L. Batting Title
• Mark Teixeira, 1B, Gold Glove
• Mark Teixeira, 1B, Silver Slugger Award
• Alfonso Soriano, 2B, Silver Slugger Award

All-Star Game

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Oklahoma RedHawks	Pacific Coast League	Bobby Jones
AA	Frisco RoughRiders	Texas League	Darryl Kennedy
A	Bakersfield Blaze	California League	Arnie Beyeler
A	Clinton LumberKings	Midwest League	Carlos Subero
A-Short Season	Spokane Indians	Northwest League	Greg Riddoch
Rookie	AZL Rangers	Arizona League	Pedro López

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Spokane

References

1. http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/standja01.shtml
2. http://www.baseball-reference.com/r/ransoco01.shtml

External links

• 2005 Texas Rangers at Baseball Almanac